Gallicism

American  

[gal-uh-siz-uhm] / ˈgæl əˌsɪz əm /

Or gallicism

noun

1. a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.

2. a feature that is characteristic of or peculiar to the French language.

3. a custom or trait considered to be characteristically French.

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Gallicism British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

1. a word or idiom borrowed from French

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Etymology

Origin of Gallicism

First recorded in 1650–60; from French gallicisme; Gallic, -ism

Example Sentences

Fox's Gallicism, too, was a treasury of weapons to Pitt.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

With respect to Americanism, Gallicism, and other similar words, there may be some room to doubt.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

Gallicism she objected to; the clarity of the French seemed to her superficial; she saw depth in the reserved and taciturn Northern, particularly the Norwegian, nature.

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen

But this association proved so helpless that it could not even hinder the invasion of Gallicism in the eighteenth century.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob